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Alaska’S English Rule: Attorney’S Fee Shifting In Civil Cases, Susanne Di Pietro, Teresa W. Carns
Alaska’S English Rule: Attorney’S Fee Shifting In Civil Cases, Susanne Di Pietro, Teresa W. Carns
Alaska Law Review
No abstract provided.
The "Impartial" Jury And Media Overload: Rethinking Attorney Speech Regulations In The 1990s, Katrina M. Kelly
The "Impartial" Jury And Media Overload: Rethinking Attorney Speech Regulations In The 1990s, Katrina M. Kelly
Northern Illinois University Law Review
As a growing number of attorneys seek and receive more media attention during trials, the days in which jurors judge a case's merits based solely on what they have heard in the courtroom are quickly fading. The author discusses the present state of Model Rules of Professional Conduct Rule 3.6, which regulates attorney speech, and examines the difficulties courts have faced in applying the provision. The solution to the attorney speech problem likely lies in a revised standard in which jurors are not required to completely leave their personal beliefs outside the jury room.
Malpractice Immunity: An Illegitimate And Ineffective Response To The Indigent-Defense Crisis, Harold H. Chen
Malpractice Immunity: An Illegitimate And Ineffective Response To The Indigent-Defense Crisis, Harold H. Chen
Duke Law Journal
No abstract provided.
As If We Had Enough To Worry About... Attorneys And The Federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act: Supreme Court Rules On Former Attorney Exemption, David Hilton
Campbell Law Review
This article briefly traces the history of the FDCPA, from the original legislation enacted in 1977 to the 1986 Amendments, and further provides an overview of appellate courts' previous interpretations of the Act's applicability to attorneys. From here, the article summarizes Heintz v. Jenkins, a 1995 United States Supreme Court decision holding attorneys who meet the FDCPA's statutory definition of "debt collector," subject to the Act's provisions. Further discussion of exactly what qualifies as a "debt" and as a "debt collector" under the Act is presented in correlation with a summary of the main provisions of the FDCPA that attorneys …
On Being A Muslim Corporate Lawyer, Azizah Y. Al-Hibri
On Being A Muslim Corporate Lawyer, Azizah Y. Al-Hibri
Law Faculty Publications
It appears to me that religion subconsciously informs our individual professional practice and that a non-humanitarian form of secularism has quietly shaped our corporate laws. The attendant dissonance causes severe dissatisfaction, and at times even disfunction, in our society. The claim that our present corporate laws are imbued with a non-humanist secularist perspective deserves closer examination from a religious vantage point. Given our constitutional guarantees, our present legal structure appears to place undue burdens on persons of faith in this country. A more just balance between religious and various forms of secular perspectives is, I submit, a worthy goal for …
Attorneys: The Hypocrisy Of The Anointed--The Refusal Of The Oklahoma Supreme Court To Extend Antidiscrimination Laws To Attorneys In Bar Disciplinary Hearings, Stephen M. Hines
Attorneys: The Hypocrisy Of The Anointed--The Refusal Of The Oklahoma Supreme Court To Extend Antidiscrimination Laws To Attorneys In Bar Disciplinary Hearings, Stephen M. Hines
Oklahoma Law Review
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